Posted on November 17, 2017, 3:12 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
Accessing lava flows along the coastal plain of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park required an arduous trek during my
Posted on June 11, 2013, 1:36 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
Thanks to everybody for the interest in my newly released video, Hawaii Volcanoes, which was played more than 35,000 times on Vimeo in the first week. Although information about the scenes depicted is available elsewhere on the blog, I wrote this post to collect it in a single spot for the benefit of viewers. High-res […]
Posted on June 5, 2013, 2:15 pm, by QT Luong, under
Announcements.
I have just released my first time-lapse short. Best viewed Full Screen with sound ! Hawaii Volcanoes from QT Luong on Vimeo. I have actually been capturing time-lapse and video footage for several years now, so you may be wondering why this comes out only now. This blog post is a long answer to that […]
Posted on May 17, 2013, 11:25 am, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
Part 3 of 3: 1 | 2 | 3 As part of my sea-to-summit visit of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, after photographing the lava ocean entry and exploring around and above Kilauea, I hiked to the top of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano. In this post, you will learn enough to plan your own […]
Posted on May 7, 2013, 12:45 pm, by QT Luong, under
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Part 2 of 3 :
Posted on April 25, 2013, 10:58 am, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
Part 1 of 3: 1 | 2 | 3 One of the most mesmerizing spectacles of nature you will witness is glowing lava cascading into the ocean to form new land in front of your eyes, as clouds of steam rise from the dynamic meeting of fire and water. This winter, I traveled to the […]
Posted on June 20, 2011, 11:36 am, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
After the Green Sand Beach and Waipio Valley, the Mauna Kea Summit was my third destination on the Big Island that required 4WD, because of a steep, unpaved road. When I arrived at the visitor center, at 9,000 feet, I was still trying to dry up my clothes, drenched while working in the rainforest of […]
Posted on June 3, 2011, 8:10 am, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
Halemaumau crater – home to Pele, Goddess of Hawaiian Volcanoes according to the traditions of Hawaiian mythology – is a pit crater located within the larger summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. During my previous two visits to the Park, a decade ago, Halemaumau crater was inactive. I remember standing at the […]
Posted on April 14, 2011, 10:00 am, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
In the past, I have visited Yellowstone at three different times of the year, in July, September, and late October. I have always wanted to come back in the winter, and eventually got around to doing it this February. Part of the reason it had taken me so long are the logistics, which I’ll detail […]
Haleakala National Park, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, like Hawaii Volcanoes National Park encompasses terrain ranging from the ocean shore to the summit of a high volcano, created by the same hot spot that generated the Big Island of Hawaii. The difference is that while the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii exhibits […]